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1ST HALF
Matt Nagy signaled he was not messing around this season on his very first play. He went with Graham at TE, Holtz at FB and quasi TE wims in the slot...
The second play illustrates the improvement in the run game. Leno gets driven and thrown into Cohen’s running lane. Last season, this goes for no gain or negative yards. This year it goes for 3 yards because everybody else does their job. Ifedi holds his ground, Whitehair wipes out the NT on his own, Daniels hits the 2nd level and disrupts the LB...
The right guard position looks to be much improved this season. Not only does Ifedi consistently hold his ground, something that was not happening for most of last season, but he actually generates a push. Just competent play from the position is a huge upgrade.
Here’s a really nice play design by Nagy. Starts out with 3 TE’s set to the left of the line. Kmet motions to the right presnap. Harris and Graham release to the far sideline post snap, sandwiching the safety at different levels of the field. This gives Trubisky an easy half field read. If the safety sinks back, he goes underneath to Graham. If the safety drives in, he goes over the top to Harris. Unfortunately, it looks like Kmet tips off the play call to the linebacker at the snap with his slight indecision...
Perfectly placed ball from Trubisky without the ability to step into his throw. This is the type of ball placement we need to see more consistently. On the downside, Daniels was susceptible to the bull rush on a few occasions in this game...
On tv, the 4th down play looked like a zone coverage with only 3 pass rushers. But it was actually man coverage with 1 deep safety, a spy on Trubisky, and the other safety doubling Robinson from start to finish. This is an extremely risky coverage to play, giving a QB all the time in the world within the pocket and 4 of his 5 targets in straight man. This shows how little the Lions think of Trubisky (to say that we’ll take away Robinson and your legs knowing you won’t be able to do anything else). The KC Chiefs deployed a similar strategy last season. On crucial downs, they would double team both Robinson and Cohen from snap to whistle...
A lot of easy play calls from Nagy early to ease Trubisky into the game. This is a 2 read play on the same side of the field. If it’s man coverage, he goes to Miller cutting across the field. If it’s zone coverage, go short to Montgomery...
Man coverage Mooney, zone coverage Graham...
The offensive line already looks more cohesive than at any point last season. A play like this would have had two Bears players running into each other last year...
Great athleticism shown by Daniels here to get to the second level in a flash, bouncing off a lineman...
This is a 7 man blitz with two deep safeties presnap. Probably should have gone underneath to Mooney. Maybe that’s why Robinson gave up on his route early. Trubisky ends up taking a helmet to the chin for his troubles...
Even though this pass was almost completed, there was no window for this throw. The safety stumbled over his own feet and fell to his knees right before the ball arrived or it would have been intercepted. Up until this point, Trubisky had checked down on all zone coverage plays. He may have started feeling like he needed to push it...
Montgomery gets tripped up just shy of the 48 yard line and falls forward for an additional 6 yards. You can’t teach that...
This move ...
Watch Miller in the slot between Robinson and Graham and the move he puts on the CB at the LOS...
That was actually a setup play. Next snap, Nagy calls the same exact play. This time Miller releases straight through rather than fake inside. Unfortunately, the setup play actually worked much better than the payoff play in this instance...
1ST HALF
Matt Nagy signaled he was not messing around this season on his very first play. He went with Graham at TE, Holtz at FB and quasi TE wims in the slot...
The second play illustrates the improvement in the run game. Leno gets driven and thrown into Cohen’s running lane. Last season, this goes for no gain or negative yards. This year it goes for 3 yards because everybody else does their job. Ifedi holds his ground, Whitehair wipes out the NT on his own, Daniels hits the 2nd level and disrupts the LB...
The right guard position looks to be much improved this season. Not only does Ifedi consistently hold his ground, something that was not happening for most of last season, but he actually generates a push. Just competent play from the position is a huge upgrade.
Here’s a really nice play design by Nagy. Starts out with 3 TE’s set to the left of the line. Kmet motions to the right presnap. Harris and Graham release to the far sideline post snap, sandwiching the safety at different levels of the field. This gives Trubisky an easy half field read. If the safety sinks back, he goes underneath to Graham. If the safety drives in, he goes over the top to Harris. Unfortunately, it looks like Kmet tips off the play call to the linebacker at the snap with his slight indecision...
Perfectly placed ball from Trubisky without the ability to step into his throw. This is the type of ball placement we need to see more consistently. On the downside, Daniels was susceptible to the bull rush on a few occasions in this game...
On tv, the 4th down play looked like a zone coverage with only 3 pass rushers. But it was actually man coverage with 1 deep safety, a spy on Trubisky, and the other safety doubling Robinson from start to finish. This is an extremely risky coverage to play, giving a QB all the time in the world within the pocket and 4 of his 5 targets in straight man. This shows how little the Lions think of Trubisky (to say that we’ll take away Robinson and your legs knowing you won’t be able to do anything else). The KC Chiefs deployed a similar strategy last season. On crucial downs, they would double team both Robinson and Cohen from snap to whistle...
A lot of easy play calls from Nagy early to ease Trubisky into the game. This is a 2 read play on the same side of the field. If it’s man coverage, he goes to Miller cutting across the field. If it’s zone coverage, go short to Montgomery...
Man coverage Mooney, zone coverage Graham...
The offensive line already looks more cohesive than at any point last season. A play like this would have had two Bears players running into each other last year...
Great athleticism shown by Daniels here to get to the second level in a flash, bouncing off a lineman...
This is a 7 man blitz with two deep safeties presnap. Probably should have gone underneath to Mooney. Maybe that’s why Robinson gave up on his route early. Trubisky ends up taking a helmet to the chin for his troubles...
Even though this pass was almost completed, there was no window for this throw. The safety stumbled over his own feet and fell to his knees right before the ball arrived or it would have been intercepted. Up until this point, Trubisky had checked down on all zone coverage plays. He may have started feeling like he needed to push it...
Montgomery gets tripped up just shy of the 48 yard line and falls forward for an additional 6 yards. You can’t teach that...
This move ...
Watch Miller in the slot between Robinson and Graham and the move he puts on the CB at the LOS...
That was actually a setup play. Next snap, Nagy calls the same exact play. This time Miller releases straight through rather than fake inside. Unfortunately, the setup play actually worked much better than the payoff play in this instance...
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